The Supreme Court, on Thursday, relaxed the tough rules imposed by the Maharashtra government for getting licences for dance bars paving the way for their opening in Mumbai and other cities in the state.
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A former Delhi high court judge wrote to President Ram Nath Kovind criticizing the Supreme Court collegium’s alleged decision to recommend the elevation of a high court judge to the apex court by superseding 32 other judges of various high courts.
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Earlier, a two-judge bench of the Calcutta high court stayed the permission of a single bench order of the same court that gave the BJP the go-ahead for the yatra.
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Kanakadurga, one of the two women who entered the Sabrimala Ayyappa temple to offer prayers under police escort, on January 2, filed a complaint, on Tuesday morning, alleging that she was beaten by her husband’s family on returning home.
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The Supreme Court said it would hear Zakia Jafri’s plea against “clean chit” by the special investigation team to the-then Gujarat chief minister, Narendra Modi, in connection with the 2002 Gujarat riots, after four weeks.
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The Supreme Court, on Monday, issued a notice to the Centre on a PIL filed against the home ministry’s notification, which empowers 10 central agencies to intercept, monitor and decrypt any computer system under the Information Technology Act.
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The Supreme Court issued a notice to the Uttar Pradesh government, on Monday, on a PIL seeking a court-monitored CBI or SIT probe into recent police encounter killings in the state and said that killings in Uttar Pradesh require “serious consideration”.
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Justice AK Patnaik, who was supervising the Central Vigilance Commission inquiry into alleged corruption charges against Verma, has come out and said there was no evidence of corruption against the Central Bureau of Investigation director.
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In a letter to the department of personnel and training secretary, C Chandramouli, Alok Verma said the PM-led selection committee has not provided him an opportunity to explain the details as recorded by the CVC before removing him as CBI chief.
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According to the rules, a select committee comprising the prime minister, the chief justice of the Supreme Court and the leader of opposition in Lok Sabha can select and remove the director of the CBI to maintain the autonomy of the country’s premier investigating agency.
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